Football betting preview: KR vs Valur

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Competition: Iceland Pepsideild
Competition: Mon 17.May
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: KR-Völlur (3333 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Pepsideild so far, with KR placed 6th and Valur sitting in the 3rd position.

Insights:
  • KR have the fewest points (0) at home in Pepsideild
  • Valur have the most points from losing position (4) in Pepsideild

The visiting Valur played their last game only four days ago, a Pepsideild match.

It should be mentioned that Valur play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Valur on grass are 10 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 24 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 56-41. You can compare this with overall results below.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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KR form and stats

KR's first Pepsideild home game here at KR-Völlur ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 10 matches.

KR manager R. Kristinsson and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Fylkir (placed 9th) in the Pepsideild. Goalkeeper B. Ólafsson got the top rating on the team in that game; 0.0 out of ten. Ólafsson .

Preceding that match was a defeat to KA (1-3).

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the KR at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Valur form and stats

One match played away so far in the Pepsideild for Valur and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 9 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses from 9 games.

H. Halldórsson was the team player of the game with the player rating of 0.0. The agile goalkeeper Halldórsson . World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager H. Gudjonsson when A. Ormarsson scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. Late drama in the previous game, when A. Ormarsson scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat HK.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus FH that ended 1-1.

After this away game Valur return home for a Pepsideild game against Leiknir Reykjavik. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Valur have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): KR five wins, three draws and Valur two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValurP. Pedersen
P. Pedersen
2 goals
KRÓ. Hauksson
Ó. Hauksson
1 goals
KRK. Chopart
K. Chopart
1 goals

KR missing players

Valur missing players

KR Valur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 1 Scored S 0 1 6
4 3 3 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 8
4.3 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.7
31% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 55%
Key stats in Pepsideild this season:
  • KR have the fewest points (0) at home in Pepsideild
  • Valur have the most points from losing position (4) in Pepsideild
KR Last season Valur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
17 10   Played P   9 18
8 3   Won W   9 14
4 2   Drew D   0 2
5 5   Lost L   0 2
30 19   Scored S   35 50
21 19   Conceded C   11 17
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
88% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 78%
59% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   100% 67%
24% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   78% 50%
12% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   56% 39%
59% 80%   BTTS BTTS   78% 50%
35% 10%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 44%
12% 10%   Failed to Score F T   0% 11%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.7
2 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
12.6 14.3   Shots (avg) S (   12.8 12.8
5.4 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.7 6
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   58% 46%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FH 3 2 1 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 7
2 KA 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 5 7
3 Valur 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
4 Víkingur Reykjavík 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 7
5 Breidablik 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 4
6 KR 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 4
7 Keflavík 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 3
8 HK 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 2
9 Fylkir 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
10 Leiknir Reykjavik 3 0 2 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
11 Stjarnan 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
12 ÍA 3 0 1 2 2 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Valur 18 14 2 2 50 17 9 5 2 2 15 6 9 9 0 0 35 11 33 44
2 FH 18 11 3 4 37 23 10 6 1 3 16 11 8 5 2 1 21 12 14 36
3 Breidablik 18 9 4 5 37 27 9 5 2 2 22 14 9 4 2 3 15 13 10 31
4 Stjarnan 17 8 7 2 27 20 8 3 4 1 12 11 9 5 3 1 15 9 7 31
5 KR 17 8 4 5 30 21 10 3 2 5 19 19 7 5 2 0 11 2 9 28
6 Fylkir 18 9 1 8 27 30 9 5 1 3 15 13 9 4 0 5 12 17 -3 28
7 KA 18 3 12 3 20 21 9 2 7 0 9 6 9 1 5 3 11 15 -1 21
8 ÍA 18 6 3 9 39 43 9 3 2 4 17 19 9 3 1 5 22 24 -4 21
9 HK 18 5 5 8 29 36 9 4 1 4 15 16 9 1 4 4 14 20 -7 20
10 Víkingur Reykjavík 18 3 8 7 25 30 8 2 3 3 17 18 10 1 5 4 8 12 -5 17
11 Grotta 18 1 5 12 15 43 8 0 3 5 9 21 10 1 2 7 6 22 -28 8
12 Fjölnir 18 0 6 12 15 40 9 0 2 7 7 24 9 0 4 5 8 16 -25 6

Read more about Pepsideild

The Úrvalsdeild karla (meaning Men’s Select division) is the highest level of football in Iceland. It has also been known by the sponsorship name Pepsideild. Twelve teams play a season from April to September, each playing 22 fixtures to decide the final league table and the Icelandic champion.